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The following list suggests the best sites to find government information available online for federal, state, international, and foreign levels of government.

Sections

  1. Federal Government: General Information
  2. Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information
  3. State Information
  4. North Dakota Government General Information
  5. Online Dakota Information Network (ODIN)
  6. International and Foreign Information
  7. Statistical Resources
  8. Additional Resources
  9. Depository Libraries. The State Historical Society of North Dakota is a partial Federal Depository Library, receiving approximately five percent of federal publications. Within the State of North Dakota, the North Dakota State University Library and the Chester Fritz Library at the University of North Dakota together constitute a Regional Depository, one of 50 in the U.S. This means that every depository publication is received by at least one of the two libraries. The collection is divided between the two libraries by government departments.
    [North Dakota State University Libraries]
    [University of North Dakota Chester Fritz Library]
  10. North Dakota State and Local Government Websites

 

 

Federal Government General Information

[ FirstGov] (Portal to Federal Government agencies)
[Fedstats] "FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them."
[Document Center] (one-stop shopping from the University of Michigan)
[Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information] (ALA GODORT FDTF)
[U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory] (locate all federal agencies via LSU)
[US House of Representatives] [Congressman Pomeroy]
[US Senate Home Page] [Senator Dorgan] [Senator Conrad]
[White House Home Page]

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Legislative and Regulatory Information

[Congress.Org] (searchable member directories and current awareness)
[GPO Access] (search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office).
[Database List]
[Commerce Business Daily]
[Federal Register]
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Library of Congress] (guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch)
[Thomas] (search & retrieve legislation from the 103rd to current congresses)
[National Archives and Records Administration] (U. S. Government records; Federal Register)

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State Information


[State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell University)
State Government Collections -- try one of the following:

  1. American Law Sources On-Line] (ALSO!)
  2. Virtual Law Library (Indiana University School of Law) From the "Browse by Information Type" menu, select "State Government Servers"
  3. FindLaw
  4. Piper Resources - State and Local Government on the Net]

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[National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) member web sites]
[NASCIO] (National Association of State Information Resource Executives)

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International and Foreign Information


[Country Studies] (Library of Congress)
[Documents Center] (University of Michigan)
[Foreign Governments] (links to individual foreign government pages)
[International Governmental Organizations] (links to international organizations and agencies Web sites)
[US State Department Home Page]
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Statistical Resources


[ Bureau of Labor Statistics]
[Business & Economics Numeric Data]
[InfoNation] (United Nations)
[Statistical Information] (UNT's Government Information Connection)
[US Census Bureau]

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Additional Resources


[Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler] (Oklahoma State University)
[Depository CD-ROM Guides] (links to guides on government CDs via the University of Michigan)
[GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications] (search for government documents)
GPO's [Pathway Services]
[Government Information and Depository Management Clearinghouse] (ALA GODORT Education Committee)
[Meta-Subject Access to Government Information] (Idaho State University)
[Migrating Government Publications] (full-text docs via the University of Memphis)
[Selected Government and Social Science Internet Resources by Subject]
[Sales Product Catalog] via GPO (also see the commercial version from [Claitor's Law Books and Publishing]

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